Memorial cross on Observation Hill, British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913)

Picture of the cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island, Antarctica, erected in memory of Captain Scott and his companions who died during the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913). Inscription: In Memoriam Captain R. F. Scott Dr. E. A. Wilson Captain L. E. G. Oates Lieutenant H. R. Bowers Petty of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ponting, Herbert George
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: [United Kingdom] : Herbert Ponting 1913
Subjects:
Scott
Robert Falcon
1868-1912
Wilson
Edward
1872-1912
Oates
Lawrence Edward Grace
1880-1912
Bowers
H. R. (Henry Robertson)
1883-1912
Evans
Edgar
1876-1912
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)
McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
Memorials
Crosses
Antarctic
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Station
Memorial Cross
Observation Hill
Petty
Ross Island
Ross Sea
Tennyson
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3936
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Summary:Picture of the cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island, Antarctica, erected in memory of Captain Scott and his companions who died during the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913). Inscription: In Memoriam Captain R. F. Scott Dr. E. A. Wilson Captain L. E. G. Oates Lieutenant H. R. Bowers Petty officer Edgar "Taff" Evans Who died on the return from the Pole March 1912 TO STRIVE TO SEEK TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD [quote from Tennyson 'Ulysses'].

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